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Copyright Holder: Botanical Society of South Africa

Planning domain of the Cape Lowlands Renosterveld Project consisting of a central part (made up of the Overberg, Boland/Swartland & Elgin Basin) and a 5km buffer.

To define the entire planning domain in which the Cape Lowlands Renosterveld conservation assessment took place.

The planning domain was defined on the basis of C.A.P.E.’s broad habitat units (Boland, Swartland and Overberg Coastal renosterveld plus Elgin Renosterveld/Fynbos Mosaic vegetation). The outlines of these BHUs formed the central part of the domain and they were refined b.m.o. field visits for use in the fine-scale conservation plan. A 5km buffer, which encompasses non-renosterveld vegetation types, was added after the central domain had been finalised.Contact Amrei von Hase (Botanical Society of SA - vonhase@nbict.nbi.ac.za)[BHUs were derived for the entire Cape Floristic Region at a scale of 1:250 000 using three data layers: geology, homogeneous climate zones and topography. These are the primary determinants of vegetation patterns in the CFR. Additional information, including a vegetation layer, studies on environment-vegetation relations and peer-review, served to refine the BHU layer. See Cowling and Heijnis (2001) for more detail.] vonhase@nbict.nbi The planning domain was defined on the basis of C.A.P.E.’s broad habitat units (Boland, Swartland and Overberg Coastal renosterveld plus Elgin Renosterveld/Fynbos Mosaic vegetation). The outlines of these BHUs formed the central part of the domain and they were refined b.m.o. field visits for use in the fine-scale conservation plan. A 5km buffer, which encompasses non-renosterveld vegetation types, was added after the central domain had been finalised.Contact Amrei von Hase (Botanical Society of SA - vonhase@nbict.nbi.ac.za)[BHUs were derived for the entire Cape Floristic Region at a scale of 1:250 000 using three data layers: geology, homogeneous climate zones and topography. These are the primary determinants of vegetation patterns in the CFR. Additional information, including a vegetation layer, studies on environment-vegetation relations and peer-review, served to refine the BHU layer. See Cowling and Heijnis (2001) for more detail.]

Available documentation: For Planning domain: Cape Lowlands Renosterveld Project Technical Report, Part B, section 5 planning domain. [For BHUs: Cowling, R.M. & Heijnis, C.E. 2001. Broad Habitat Units as biodiversity entities for conservation planning in the Cape Floristic Region. South African Journal of Botany 67: 15-38.]

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FGDC-STD-001-1998